Ewwwww . . .

[Tio_Narratore]

For some reason the spider has always inspired a primordial fear. The reality is that alot more people have died from snakes, jelly fish and even bee stings, than ever died from a spider's bite.

The funnel web spider and the black widow spider can be deadly, but large spiders like this one or the bird eating spider are not a danger to humans. A 1 inch fang does sound frightening though LOL

Not really primordial, but cultural and learned.

Grandmother Spider is a benevolent figure in Native American mythology and belief. For the Tewa Pueblans, her shrine is in the West, and she does the service of taking care of the dead, wrapping them in a shroud and emptying them so they don't have the pain of remembering the life they have left.

In many Native American Cultures, the surprise appearance of a spider is an omen of good luck.

I have no concern with them around the house; they help keep the insect populations under control. If one is in an inconvenient place, I move her, and, if she's an outdoor species, I take her outside.

 

[Loring2]

Wow

I think spiders are gorgeous. I leave 'em be for the most part, unless they are doing the orb spider thing in the middle of a room-- and the venomous ones do give me the heebie-jeebies, like brown recluse, which we see around here, and black widows-- but the widows are so beautiful!

Tarantulas are most of them pretty easy-going and gentle-- and fragile too, because they are so heavy. If you drop one, the fall can crack its shell.

I thought that I was the only person on Earth who finds spiders magnificent and gorgeous. (I'll use your word). They are also fearless Stel.

I sometimes play with them just to see their reactions to provocations.

 

[Loring2]

Good work

Not really primordial, but cultural and learned.

Grandmother Spider is a benevolent figure in Native American mythology and belief. For the Tewa Pueblans, her shrine is in the West, and she does the service of taking care of the dead, wrapping them in a shroud and emptying them so they don't have the pain of remembering the life they have left.

In many Native American Cultures, the surprise appearance of a spider is an omen of good luck.

I have no concern with them around the house; they help keep the insect populations under control. If one is in an inconvenient place, I move her, and, if she's an outdoor species, I take her outside.

I do the same thing, move them that is. Are we crazy?

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I let HM take them outside.

 

[Munachi]

I do the same thing, move them that is. Are we crazy?

well i never kill them either though, i either move them or (lately) ask someone to do that. but that has more to do with that i have difficulties killing anything bigger than plant lice or mosquitoes.

 

[AlmostAlice]

well i never kill them either though, i either move them or (lately) ask someone to do that. but that has more to do with that i have difficulties killing anything bigger than plant lice or mosquitoes.

Same here. Objectively I know the distinction is silly, but I feel bad killing anything bigger than a mosquito.